Vehicle-wheel.



rares Unire ATENT Enron.

WILLIAM O. VORTII AND `VILLIAM R. DONALDSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD T O IIEN RY W. KELLOGG, OF BATTLECREEK,

MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 684,895, dated. October 22, 1901.

Application filed November 26,1900. Serial No. 37,762. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known` that we, WILLIAM O. WORTH and WILLIAM R.- DoNALDsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels 5 and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,'and exact description of the invention, such as will enable persons skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in the construction of rims for vehicle-wheels.

The object of our invention is to provide a rim which, in addition to supporting the usual rubber tire, is provided with surfaces on one or both sides of the said tire to be used for the purpose ot' stopping the vehicle by the application of the brake-shoe thereto without the necessity of applying the said brake-shoe to the soft yielding rubber tire and in which the friction-surface is placed at the longest possible radius of the Wheel, so that a minimum pressure will exert a maximu ln frictional eect for thepurpose stated. Said surfaces, or either of them, may be toothed, so that they may afford one member of a driving-gear for p propelling the vehicle or to offer a greater asv frictional resistance as a matter of traction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a part section of a broken-away portion of a Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l. p

In both the views the same letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The spokes of a vehicle-wheel are repre-` sented by a, upon which the felly ctis carried. The felly, as will be noticed, is much wider than those used in the ordinary construction of such wheels.

upon the folly, is provided with projections a2 and a3, which extend laterally on either side of the ribs. The ribs a4 and a5, between which the rubber tire is confined, as usual,ex tend around the rim. faces a2 and a3 of the rim provide a smooth hard wearing-surfacev for the application of brake-shoes on one or either side of the tire The iron rim, which carries the rubber tire and which is mounted directly The peripheral sura without subjecting said tire to wear by the brake-shoe.

V Inorder toutilize both surfaces bythe same brake,we propose to construct a brake o, similar to that shown in both of the figures. The

said brake-shoe is provided with removable frictional bearing-surfaces t' and b2, and it en- Compasses the rubber tire without being in contact therewith, the said surfaces extending to and making contact Withthe surfaces a2 and a3 of the rim when the brake is applied. Aside from the advantages of providing frictional brake-surfaces on the rim of the wheel to which a brake-shoe may be applied, as' previously described, by the use of the ex-` tended rim, a much larger surface of the wheel is thus presented for the purpose of g buoying up or support-ingy the vehicle when the said vehicle is passing over a soft yield-- the seat-where the manipulator of the vehi-v cle is stationed, .and the brake-shoe may be vused. for the purpose of applying the said brake to the wheel when it is desired to stop the vehicle.

It is evident that either of the projections a2 or a3, which extend upon each 4sid'e'of the tire, mayV alone be used for the brake instead of both sides, as shown, without departing from the spirit of our invention.

We do not wish to be limited to the exact construction shown, as we claim the right 'to the use of either or both sides of the projection of the said rim from the tire mounted thereon for the purpose described.

' Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a vehicle-wheel a rim, acontinuous, annular tire mounted on the said rim, a rib on either side of said tire, and a dat annular surface on the said rim extending laterally specification, in the presence of two subserib- Io from thesaid rib, substantially as set forth. ing Witnesses, this 13th day of November,

2. In :t vehicle-wheel, a rim, a continuous A. D. 1900.

annular tire mounted on said rim, braking l f friotional surfaces on said rim on either side IHSON of said tire, and a brake adapted to engage v with said surfaces and to bridge said tire, sub- Vitnesses: stantially as set forth. FORE BAIN,

In testimony whereof We have signed this M. F. ALLEN. 

